【Shandong】Little girl sets off firecrackers and fruit platter

Overview

Legend has it that in ancient times there was a monster called Nian, which lived deep under the sea all year round. Every New Year's Eve, it would climb ashore to devour livestock and harm people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in villages and villages, with their young and old in tow, fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of Nian. Later, a god helped everyone drive away the Nian beast. It turned out that the Nian beast was most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. From then on, every New Year's Eve, every household posted red couplets and set off firecrackers. Every household was brightly lit to wait for the new year. This custom spreads more and more widely and has become the most solemn traditional Chinese New Year festival among Chinese people. One year has passed, which means the child has grown up by another year. Chenchen often tells me: Mom, I don’t want to grow up. Being a child is so happy. There are delicious food, fun things, and beautiful clothes. You didn’t have anything when you were a child. It’s so pitiful. I said, mom doesn’t want you to grow up so quickly, but everyone will grow up, and you will be one year older in a year. Chenchen said: Then I won’t grow up if I don’t eat vegetables, and you won’t grow old if you don’t eat vegetables, mom. Because I often tell Chenchen, who doesn’t like to eat vegetables: You have to eat more vegetables to grow taller, stronger, and smarter. Then not eating vegetables became the reason for Chenchen not to grow up. I really dug a hole for myself. Little reminder: Although setting off firecrackers is a New Year custom, for the sake of our air quality we should set off as few firecrackers as possible. We must also pay attention to safety and set off in open spaces. Parents should watch over their children and have a happy and happy New Year safely.

Tags

• home cooking
• good looks
• creative dishes
• breakfast
• cheese slices
• cucumber
• kiwi
• seaweed
• toast
• carrot
• red apple
• salt
• small tomatoes

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare ingredients.

   

2. 2 Cut out a round shape of appropriate size from the toast to make the little girl's head (a round bottle cap can be used instead of the mold).

   

3. 3 Cut the cheese slice into a circle of the same size, then cut out the little girl's arms and legs, and press some snowflakes on the rest.

   

4. 4 Cut out the little girl’s hair and expression from seaweed.

   

5. 5 Attach the hair and expression to the round cheese slices and place the cheese slices on the round toast.

   

6. 6 Wash the apple with light salt water, cut off a piece with the skin, and use a knife to repair the little girl's clothes and boots.

   

7. 7 Soak the cut apples in an appropriate amount of light salt water for a moment to prevent oxidation and blackening.

   

8. 8 Slice the carrots, add appropriate amount of water and salt to the pot, and cook the carrot slices.

   

9. 9 Cut the cooked carrot into rectangles, continue cutting into horizontal strips, then make a vertical cut in the middle, cut a thin strip of radish to make a rope, and peel a strip of cucumber peel with a paring knife to make a stick.

   

10. 10 Combine the little girl and firecrackers on a plate.

    

11. 11 Cut the small tomatoes in half, cut some cucumbers and small tomatoes into red lanterns, and use some radish to make lantern spikes.

    

12. 12 Peel and slice kiwi fruit.

    

13. 13 Just place lanterns, snowflakes, and kiwi fruits in appropriate locations.